neuro versus neural

Patient with trigeminal neuralgia.

Patient has had unremarkable NEURO or NEURAL imaging??

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• neuro versus neural - sm
  • I think in this case neural smq - nm
  • Just my opinion but I would go with neuro imaging - MT50
  • imaging - D

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I know this has been discussed before, but I have never typed anything except "neural foraminal," and when I first started with this particular account, all the templates had "neural foraminal stenosis" as one of the headings on the spine CTs and MRIs.

Now the "billing and coding specialist" who is in charge of the account (and who is obviously not a trained transcriptionist - she typed "flebolith" on one report I saw), has changed all the templates to "neuroforaminal," and when I just changed them back, she sent me a nasty little note saying "Don't change the templates."

Well, you should have seen the sorry state the templates were in when I started here. I have spent hours of my OWN time (I am paid by the line) not only cleaning up the templates but also standardizing the naming of the templates so that they can be found easily using the wild card notation.

I am tempted to send an email back saying, "Okay, I'll leave them that way, but 'neuroforaminal' is incorrect" but I am leaving this account as soon as they have my replacement trained.

In fact, I just sent it. I'm leaving, got nothing to lose, and actually have more work than I can comfortably handle right now. I really wish she would tell me she didn't need me any more.

Oh, I just got her reply: "Actually, no it is not [incorrect].  That is how it was always spelled before we hired ____________ [MTSO] and that is how all of the rads wanted it spelled."

So be it.

left neural foramen

right neural foramen

bilateral neural foramina

neuroforamen not an accepted word (although people try to use it)

We're having a "discussion" here. Can someone tell me what is the preferred?

Thanks,

Karen

is it neural foraminae?? this doc is saying, The Kerrison was used to open up the neural foraminas?? bilaterally.

Neuroforamina is German term/phrase and Neural foramina is English term/phrase

otherwise one is pleural and another is singular.

I know I am responding to a very old post, but those of you who use "neural foraminal" as opposed to "neuroforaminal" in your transcriptions are correct.  I am a Certified Court Reporter in the state of Texas and a Registered Professional Court Reporter at the national level.  I've been so-licensed for 25 years, and I always see the two-word error.  And it's AMAZING how often the radiologists are incorrect and ESPECIALLY their staff.  Though using the medical combining forms is often the most common, in this case, it is incorrect.  But, like some of the others said in their posts, who's going to argue with the doc?

Congrats on standing up for yourself!

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Her sensory examination shows no decrease pin appreciation over the right side but she does have a (S/L mad - can that be right?)peripheral sensory neuropathy in the lower extremities with decreased pin and vibration up to the mid calf region.

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